Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-22

The strange and peculiar animal whose re-
markable antics have created so much excite
ment in ST Mary's county tor several weeks
past and which is Il terror in ITS feI ociousness,
has at last reached Caaries, and what is still
worse, has been seen in our immediate vicinity
We thought il would come-we almost felt
convinced when We first heard Of this creai ur.
that 1t would not pass US BY IN its perambu a
tionS; and now it is here-hery eyes, long
sword like tail with kaot on the end, winged
limbs, torked tongue, mammoth tusks An! all,
and what are We going to do about III Mr.. b.
Wheeler the truthful stove m n Of our town
saw the a2imIl one evening last week. Mr..
Wheeler says that when he FIRST got glimpse
of it, it Was Sroo,ing across his lot wi,h the
speed of a streak Of creased lightning tel
egraph wire, that It's huge tail was oscIilatIug
back aud forth cutting doSn everything in its
path-w hich fortunately in this case was ONLY
few blades of young spring grass and some
corn stubhle. lie says the animal is Jet black
and moves il bali running sni halt dying
motion with the rapiity "f railroad locomo-
90 damage that We have heard Of, but it would
De ell for be nj GIFTED travellers TO provide them
selves with mountain hoai zer, brace Of
pistols, scslne blade aud moving machine
so as to be prepared when thy encounter the
terror Capt Wilmer should order out The
Howard Rlsts 10 hun; the thing an 80 test he
mettc OF his command. We think sklrmish
line would bring it ia.
Horse Epidemic.
An Epidemic OF mid epiz5o,ic or catarrh
among horses has broken out all over the city,
and hardly stable is withou, case or two
During he past winter pneumonia has prevailed
TO a co nsider4b!e extent, and for the last three
weeks the lighter fern Of eatarrh has been
spreading with rapidiiy. The hoses, when
nrst attacked, lese their arpeii,es and beeom
sl aroopy. Some of them refuse TO eat for TIVE O
three days, They are afterwards attacked vi IN
coughing. sneszing and general bronchial in
Illumination. followed in Il later sra.e BY dis
charges from The pestrils. During the sick nes
their nostri's are very pale and the eyes dull
and nearly all The organs are affected.
peculiariiy witb many OF The cases is stdnes
and laneLeSs in he hiudquarIers, due 10 il
Il h.mtnation Of the kidneys. So marked is hi
that some OF the horsemen have believed tha
specific l,meness existed in the hind legs, es
pecialy as some OF the horses would appea
more lane on one side than tn: other Horse
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the etEeis. A number Of animt!s at psstur
adjacent 10 the city are sick with lhr disrase
but no deaths IN town or county have beri
known TO result here pneumonia did not sc
in. The treatment b, the ve,erisrry ply 81
clans has been gentle laxative and avoidance O
drafts OF cold air Where coughs were trou ble
some oil Of tar and similar cough relirfs or
used. and counter lrrltan's are applied on th,
| throat. Where the lamene-s occurs the hind
quarters are covered anG t2e action OF the kid
neys kept up. Som times, also. a count-,-ir
ritant is used over the back al the kidneys IL
the conyaleScent stage, which ssts in two 0
i three weeks after e attack, moderate wor,
and litlle road-sweatiag is recommends j
followed by rubbing down until the horse i
perfectly dry. When the horse will ett VAIN
nashes are given-BI!f0 Sun